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Table 2 Prevalence of NAFLD awareness and NAFLD-related beliefs

From: Insights from qualitative research on NAFLD awareness with a cohort of T2DM patients: time to go public with insulin resistance?

 

N

% NAFLD-Aware

% Total

NAFLD awareness

NAFLD as disease entity

  NAFLD awareness

15

100

50

  History of NAFLD

10

66.67

33.33

NAFLD causes

  High-Fat diets, hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia

9

60.00

30.00

  Alcohol

7

46.67

23.33

  Hepatitis virus

2

13.33

6.67

  Pharmacological drugs

2

13.33

6.67

Liver function

Filter for blood purification”

9

 

30.00

  Secretion of bile for digestion

2

 

6.67

  Metabolism / Energy homeostasis

0

 

0.00

NAFLD treatment

  Dietary regimes

6

40.00

20.00

  Physical activity or exercise regimes

1

6.67

3.33

Progression to end-stage liver disease

Cirrhosis as disease entity

  Cirrhosis awareness

27

 

90.00

  Liver as affected organ

24

 

80.00

  Life-threatening status

12

 

40.00

  Awareness from vicarious experience

14

 

46.67

Cirrhosis causes

  Alcohol

24

 

80.00

  Non-identified factor

9

 

30.00

  Fatty Liver

3

 

10.00

  T2DM

1

 

3.33

  Hepatitis Virus

1

 

3.33

  Pharmacological drugs

3

 

10.00

NAFLD risk perception

  Insulin resistance awareness

0

 

0.00

Relationship between liver or NAFLD and T2DM

  NAFLD and T2DM - shared underlying cause

2

 

6.67

  NAFLD and T2DM - no etiological relationship

2

 

6.67

  NAFLD as a risk factr for T2DM

1

 

3.33

  T2DM as a risk factor for liver damage

7

 

23.33

NAFLD surveillance behaviors

  NAFLD-aware with prior diagnosis

5

 

16.67

  NAFLD-aware with no prior diagnosis

1

 

3.33

T2DM self-management knowledge

Dietary knowledge

  Hyperglycemic effect of food intake

24

 

80.00

  Avoidance or reduction of both simple and complex carbohydrates

15

 

50.00

  Glycemic impact of simple and complex carbohydrates

7

 

23.33

  Avoidance or reduction of simple sugars

9

 

30.00

  Glycemic impact of simple sugars

7

 

23.33

  Avoidance or reduction of complex sugars

4

 

13.33

  Glycemic impact of complex sugars

0

 

0.00

  Avoidance of fat

20

 

66.67

  Glycemic impact of fat consumption

6

 

20.00

  Portion size reduction (caloric restriction)

18

 

60.00

Exercise knowledge

  Hypoglycemic effect of exercise practice

18

 

60.00

  1. Abbreviations: NAFLD Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus